Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2016, 7(1):390-395 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0005

Consumption of sweetened soft drinks and energy drinks in adolescents in Slovakia: implications for paediatric nursing

Martina Bašková1,*, Tibor Baška2, Jana Holubčíková3
1 Department of Midwifery, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
2 Department of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
3 Department of Health Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovakia

Aim: The study analyzed the consumption of sweetened soft drinks and energy drinks as well as attitudes towards their consumption.

Design: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-sectional school-based study focused on the target group of 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents. It employs a universal, internationally standardized questionnaire.

Methods: The study analyzes results of the HBSC survey carried out in Slovakia in 2014. A total of 10,179 schoolchildren from grades 5 through 9 participated (a response rate of 78.8%). Gender and age differences were analyzed in 11-, 13- and 15-year-old respondents.

Results: The consumption of soft drinks varied from 16.9% (11-year-old girls) to 29.0% (15-year-old boys). More than 8 in 10 respondents accepted the consumption of soft drinks. As much as 34.4% of boys and 18.8% of girls aged 15 years reported the use of energy drinks at least weekly, with boys showing higher rates than girls in all age groups and the rates increasing with age.

Conclusion: In Slovakia, consumption of sweetened soft drinks and energy drinks is widely popular and socially accepted among adolescents. There is a need for more effective interventions including adoption of appropriate legislative norms. Pediatric nursing plays an important role through outpatient primary as well as hospital care.

Keywords: HBSC, sweetened soft drinks, energy drinks, adolescents, pediatric nursing

Received: January 15, 2016; Accepted: February 21, 2016; Published: March 30, 2016  Show citation

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Bašková M, Baška T, Holubčíková J. Consumption of sweetened soft drinks and energy drinks in adolescents in Slovakia: implications for paediatric nursing. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2016;7(1):390-395. doi: 10.15452/CEJNM.2016.07.0005.
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